The Spaniard, who has been seeded seventh for Wimbledon, made short work of his Argentine opponent.

However, third seed Juergen Melzer was knocked out, losing 6-3 6-2 to Tatsuma Ito. And number eight seed Lukasz Kubotwas sent out after a topsy-turvy match against Benoit Paire - the Frenchman winning 6-3 0-6 6-4.